Thursday's Letters to the Editor

8:58 PM,
Dec. 18, 2013

In this cartoon by Roger Harvell, a peeping Tom, representing the National Security Agency, is peering in a window from the outside through a crack in the blind, hanging from the window ledge and saying, 'Trust me.' (Gannett, Roger Harvell/ The Greenville (S.C.) News )

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Religion a la carte

Re: "Religious prejudice," Norman Beecher, Dec. 8. It would appear to me (an atheist) that many churches practice a religion "a la carte" meaning they utilize those scriptures that they agree with but ignore others.

Just as Leviticus declares homosexuality a sin punished by death, it also declares that adulterers should be put to death. If that were followed about 40 percent of the population would die. In addition, Leviticus sanctions slavery. I guess the South was right. ...

Also, people with all sorts of deformities are prohibited from approaching the altar. ...